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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 03:12 PM
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Pope Urges Exorcists To Keep Up Good Work
http://www.wpbfnews.com/news/4976871/detail.html

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has singled out a particular group of priests for greetings at his public audience -- Italian exorcists holding their national convention. The pope encouraged the exorcists to continue what he called their "important ministry in the service of the church."

Italy has about 400 exorcists.

In 1999, when the Vatican issued its first new guidelines in centuries for casting out demons, it urged priests to take modern psychiatry into account in deciding who should be exorcised.
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Extend a Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 03:21 PM
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1. maybe we can
request an exorcism for bush & cheney. It sure couldn't hurt.
:shrug:
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electropop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 03:22 PM
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2. You know, "The Exorcist" takes place in Washington DC.
I think we need these fellas to pay us a visit again.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 03:29 PM
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3. Why so many in Italy?
Is it really a fun place, or just lots of spinning heads and levitating beds? :sarcasm:
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